India court case Bhatt v. Union of India and Others
The High Court of Uttarakhand ruled that the entire animal kingdom including avian and aquatic are declared as legal entities in a 2018 lawsuit.Read More →
This page identifies initiatives that frame ecological jurisprudence in terms of rights of nature. Initiatives are included in this category when they explicitly recognize any non-human element of Nature (e.g., ecosystems, plant species, animal species) or Nature in general as a subject with rights.